getaddrinfo not found on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 - SCO

This is a discussion on getaddrinfo not found on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 - SCO ; I'm trying to get MoinMoin 1.5.4 running with Python 2.3.4 (installed
from an SCO Skunkworks binary). Python 2.3.4 (#1, Aug 27 2004,
18:22:39) [GCC 2.95.3 20030528 (SCO/p5)] on sco_sv3
One of the MoinMoin modules attempts to import cgi and triggers ...

getaddrinfo is not supported in OpenServer 5, but it is available under
the UDK. That is, the function is present in /udk/usr/lib/libsocket.so.
I've tried adjusting LD_LIBRARY_PATH without success. My questions: